Editing Allamuchy Township, New Jersey (section)

== Government ==
=== Local government ===
Allamuchy Township is governed under the [[Faulkner Act (small municipality)|Small Municipality]] form of government. The [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, allows municipalities to adopt a Small Municipality form of government only for municipalities with a population of under 12,000 at the time of adoption. The township is one of 18 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the four-member Township Council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a three-year term of office. Council members serve a term of three years, which are staggered so that two seats come up for election in the first two years of a three-year cycle and the mayoral seat is up for direct vote in the third year.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 103.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=14 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 14. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

{{As of|2022}}, the [[Mayor]] of Allamuchy Township is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Rosemary Tuohy, whose term of office ends December 31, 2024. Members of the Allamuchy Township Committee are Council President James H. Cote (R, 2023), Deborah Bonanno (R, 2022; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Ed Fabula (R, 2022) and Manuel P. "Manny" Quinoa (R, 2022).<ref name=Council>[https://allamuchynj.org/mayorandcouncil Mayor and Township Council], Allamuchy Township. Accessed February 28, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://allamuchytwpnj.govoffice3.com/vertical/Sites/%7BFFEC7C1F-E8A4-412C-A698-D10C0A872E47%7D/uploads/2022_Allamuchy_Twp_Budget_Adopted.pdf 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Allamuchy Township. Accessed December 7, 2022.</ref><ref name=Warren2021>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/3284/637729175316070000 Summary Results Report 2021 General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results], Warren County, New Jersey, updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Warren2020>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/2484/637648299297000000 Warren County 2020 General Election November 20, 2020 Official Results], Warren County, New Jersey, updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Warren2019>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/2470/637642013517370000 General Election November 5, 2019, Warren County Official Tally], [[Warren County, New Jersey|]], updated November 12, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

In January 2022, Deborah Bonano was appointed from a list of three names nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2023 that became vacant when Rosemary Tuohy stepped down to take office as mayor.<ref>[https://allamuchynj.org/vertical/sites/%7BFFEC7C1F-E8A4-412C-A698-D10C0A872E47%7D/uploads/January_26_2022_Township_Council_Minutes.pdf Minutes Of The Regular Meeting Of The Allamuchy Township Council Held January 26, 2022 At 6:30 P.M.], Allamuchy Township. Accessed February 28, 2022. "Mayor Tuohy stated that her Council seat became available and the Allamuchy Republican Committee submitted three names to the Township Council for consideration. At this time, Mayor Tuohy requested a motion and second to accept the nomination of Deborah A. Bonanno to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Tuohy’s Council seat.... At this time, Mayor Tuohy issued the Oath of Office to Councilwoman Bonanno."</ref>

The seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Douglas A. Ochwat was filled by Ed Fabula.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In January 2016, the Township Committee selected former mayor Betty Schultheis from three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2017 that had been held by Keith DeTombeur until he stepped down to take office as mayor; Schultheis will serve on an interim basis until the November 2016 election, when voters will select a candidate to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>[http://www.allamuchynj.org/admin/files//JANUARY%2013,%202016%20SPECIAL%20MEETING%20MINUTES.pdf Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Allamuchy Township Council Held January 13, 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818024706/http://allamuchynj.org/admin/files//JANUARY%2013,%202016%20SPECIAL%20MEETING%20MINUTES.pdf |date=August 18, 2016 }}, Allamuchy Township. Accessed August 7, 2016. "The following letter was received from the Allamuchy Township Republican Committee and read into the record by the Municipal Clerk (ATTACHMENT 1). The three names submitted to fill the unexpired term of Mayor DeTombeur is Betty Schultheis, Elliott Koppel and Manuel Quinoa. Motion by Councilwoman Cook, seconded by Councilman Lomonaco, carried to appoint Betty Schultheis to the Allamuchy Township Council. Mrs. Schultheis will be filling the unexpired term of Mayor DeTombeur which expires 12/31/17. Roll call vote: AYES: Councilwoman Cook, Councilman Lomonaco and Councilman Ochwat; NO: Mayor DeTombeur. At this time, Mayor DeTombeur issued to Oath of Office to Councilwoman Schultheis."</ref>

=== Federal, state, and county representation ===
Allamuchy Township is located in the 7th congressional district<ref name=PCR2022>[https://www.njredistrictingcommission.org/documents/2021/Data2021/Plan%20Components.pdf 2022 Redistricting Plan], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 8, 2022.</ref> and is part of [[New Jersey's 24th legislative district|New Jersey's 24th state legislative district]].<ref name=Districts2023>[https://pub.njleg.gov/publications/pdf/2023-NJ-Leg-District-Map.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2023-2031 Legislative District], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed September 1, 2023.</ref>

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===Politics===
As of March 2011, there was a total of 3,197 registered voters in Allamuchy Township, of whom 529 (16.5% vs. 21.5% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,253 (39.2% vs. 35.3%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], and 1,413 (44.2% vs. 43.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were two voters registered as either [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-warren-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Warren], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed May 28, 2013.</ref> Among the township's 2010 Census population, 74.0% (vs. 62.3% in Warren County) were registered to vote, including 90.7% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 81.5% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[https://www.census.gov GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed May 28, 2013.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 62.2% of the vote (1,489 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 36.3% (868 votes), and other candidates with 1.5% (35 votes), among the 2,431 ballots cast by the township's 3,328 registered voters (39 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 73.0%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-warren.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Warren County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-warren.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Warren County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>

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In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 74.3% of the vote (1,045 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 24.3% (342 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (20 votes), among the 1,433 ballots cast by the township's 3,426 registered voters (26 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.8%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-warren.pdf |title=Governor - Warren County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-warren.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Warren County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>